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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthere's no end to their hatred: House Votes To Repeal Affordable Care Act For 56th Time.
The measure also would direct panels to come up with a replacement for the healthcare law though it doesn't provide a timeline on any new legislation or what provisions it may contain.
The House-approved measure likely will be defeated in the Senate, where the GOP has a smaller majority. President Obama has threatened to veto any legislation that rips up his signature achievement.
The Associated Press notes the House has voted more than 50 times in the past two years to repeal the law. What was different about today's vote? NPR's S.V. Date writes in our It's All Politics blog: "What makes today a milestone is that, for the first time, House Republicans plan to vote on whether to actually take health coverage away from millions of Americans who now have it."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/03/383621170/house-votes-to-repeal-affordable-care-act
mythology
(9,527 posts)You would think they'd realize that they aren't going to get a repeal while Obama is president and not waste their time. It's not going to build up goodwill among the conservative nut jobs because they can't get an actual repeal, it's not going to help build up goodwill among independents because it's ineffectual and shows partisan gridlock, and as the article noted, now that more of the ACA has been implemented, they are actively trying to take away health insurance rather than theoretically trying to take it away.
As Rachel Maddow used to point out, John Boehner is really just bad at his job.
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SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)They sure are single minded in their hate and stupidity.
They... got________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________nothing to replace it with, they know it. We know it. They just want to take away something that actually helps the American People. They are the party of no. No heart, no brains, no compassion and no soul. They are The Ugly American.
So Boner, where the hell are the gawd damn jobs!? Minimum pay increase, equal pay for equal work for those pesky women. Immigration reform? Dear goddess the GOP makes my head hurt.
Thanks spaneone, they make me
3catwoman3
(24,041 posts).or simple minded? More likely both.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." I guess the definition of absolutely bat-shit, screaming, zonkers is doing the same thing over and over again and knowing that the result will be exactly the same.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Psychiatry was not Einstein's field and he was not given to bsing about sciences that were not his speciality.. Also, if Einstein were nonetheless to purport to give THE definition of insanity, I would expect him to use a clinical definition. This quotation does not appear in any of his writings, nor is there any reliable sourcing of this definition to him in speeches or conversation.
What you have quoted is one definition of insanity, and a rather pop pysch or colloquial definition, at that, not THE definition.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)However, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins133991.html or http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26032.html. I'm not realy stupid. There are lots of quotes floating around that have been accepted into the collective unconscious. This is one of them. And using the supposed quote isn't really disinformation. Whether it was Einstein, Ben Franklin, an old Chinese proverb, or narconon, the original point remains.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Yes, attributing some colloquial saying that purports to be THE definition of insanity to Einstein when he never wrote it and apparently never is indeed disinformation. Why is that difficult to get?
It's incorrectly attributed to Einstein to make it seem smarter than it is.
A lot of bullshit is in the collective consciousness. That doesn't mean it should be repeated on DU.
Initech
(100,102 posts)What happens after the second?
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Lest they mellow and adopt a "what the hell" attitude and not be partisan reactionaries in 2016 ( if they make it )
moondust
(20,006 posts)TO GO THE FUCK HOME WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY THEIR SORRY ASSES FOR THIS STUPID BULLSHIT.
Thank you in advance.
gerogie2
(450 posts)Lunatic fringe has taken over the entire congress.
merrily
(45,251 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)However, Senate Democrats, though in a minority, can block via the 60 vote cloture rule, even if all Republican Senators vote with the House. So, there will be no adverse consequences to Republicans of this vote--unless enough Democrats join them. And I would not be surprised if they already know exactly how Senates Dems will vote on this.
Either way, Republicans stand to lost nothing by the vote because, no matter what happens, if anything, they will be able to blame Senate Democrats.
D.C. kabuki theater.
herding cats
(19,567 posts)1. Repeal the ACA.
2. Benghazi.
It's like being stuck in the movie Groundhog Day for years.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)But they are desperate to fill time with anything that looks like work and isn't.
spanone
(135,873 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)What we're seeing in their treatment is rivalry more than bigotry.
ChosenUnWisely
(588 posts)and almost all Democrats lack the guts to call them on their BS
Why don't you clowns go on the offensive and bring up a bill for a Public Option, over 70% of ALL Americans want a Public Option
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)House R's vote to repeal ACA for the 56th fucking time, and you pop in to piss and moan about the Democrats being "clowns"
Welcome to DU, "ChosenUnWisely."
You're on a roll....
ChosenUnWisely
(588 posts)both the house and senate, so yeah they are clowns.
So for the past almost 6 years and some of that time the Dems had both the Senate and the House, there was not a single bill to have a public option.
If they are not clowns then they are incompetent boobs at best.
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Been there, done that.
Enjoy your stay, "ChosenUnWisley."
ChosenUnWisely
(588 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)That was threatening?
Just wishing you well in your DU endeavors.
Enjoy!
ChosenUnWisely
(588 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)When they stand before a camera and say, "Absolutely, all American children should be vaccinated" then turn around and vote to repeal medical access to millions of low income people. This is the reason why we SHOULD have healthcare, A Public Health Issue.
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RobinA
(9,894 posts)if they really want to win this battle. Let's say they win in the House and Senate, override a veto and the thing gets repealed. What then? They have just thrown millions of people off insurance. I can't believe they think that would play well at the polls except with the hardcore "get Obama" crowd, and I don't think that gang will win you too many national elections.